Grade boundaries

AQA A-level Philosophy 7172 grade boundaries

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Level

Subject

Board

Course

A-level Philosophy 7172

Boundaries

Whole subject or paper

Mark

Out of

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The boundaries

June 2026 · whole subject

Grade	Needs
A*	156 of 200
A	134 of 200
B	108 of 200
C	83 of 200
D	58 of 200
E	33 of 200

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Marks for each grade in June 2026

In total

156 out of 200 on AQA 7172 in total was a grade A* in June 2026.
134 out of 200 on AQA 7172 in total was a grade A in June 2026.
108 out of 200 on AQA 7172 in total was a grade B in June 2026.
83 out of 200 on AQA 7172 in total was a grade C in June 2026.
58 out of 200 on AQA 7172 in total was a grade D in June 2026.
33 out of 200 on AQA 7172 in total was a grade E in June 2026.

Every paper in June 2026

Every series

8 series, newest first. Each mark is the least that reaches the grade, out of the total under the column’s name.

June 2026

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2026: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	156	78	78
A	134	67	67
B	108	54	54
C	83	42	41
D	58	30	28
E	33	18	15

June 2025

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2025: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	158	79	79
A	136	68	68
B	110	55	54
C	84	43	40
D	58	31	27
E	33	19	14

June 2024

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2024: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	155	78	77
A	133	67	66
B	108	55	53
C	83	43	40
D	59	31	27
E	35	20	15

June 2023

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2023: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	157	79	78
A	136	69	67
B	110	56	53
C	84	43	40
D	58	30	27
E	32	18	14

June 2022

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2022: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	140	69	71
A	119	58	61
B	95	46	48
C	71	35	35
D	47	24	22
E	23	13	10

November 2021

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2021: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	137	68	69
A	113	56	57
B	92	46	46
C	72	36	36
D	52	26	26
E	32	16	16

November 2020

From AQA’s grade boundaries for November 2020: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	137	68	69
A	114	56	58
B	92	46	46
C	70	36	34
D	49	26	23
E	28	16	12

June 2019

From AQA’s grade boundaries for June 2019: the board’s document.

Grade	Whole subjectout of 200	7172/1out of 100	7172/2out of 100
A*	154	76	78
A	131	64	67
B	107	52	54
C	83	40	41
D	59	29	29
E	35	18	17

Questions

What mark do you need for a grade A in AQA A-level Philosophy 7172?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade A was 134 out of 200 in total.

What mark do you need for a grade C in AQA A-level Philosophy 7172?

In June 2026, the least mark for the whole subject that reached a grade C was 83 out of 200 in total.

Which series of AQA A-level Philosophy 7172 grade boundaries are there?

8 series, from June 2019 to June 2026: June 2026, June 2025, June 2024, June 2023, June 2022, November 2021, November 2020 and June 2019.

Do AQA A-level Philosophy 7172 grade boundaries change each year?

Yes. Across the 8 series here, a grade A in total needed from 113 out of 200 (November 2021) to 136 out of 200 (June 2025).

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A series, or the safe rule

A paper is graded against the boundaries of the series it was sat in. Choose that series and the grade is the one the board’s boundaries gave that sitting. Where a series published more than one set of boundaries for the whole subject, one for each combination of papers, each grade takes the highest of them, and the line under the grade says so.

The safe rule is for a mark with no series of its own, such as a mock. For each grade it takes the highest boundary in the board’s most recent summer series, up to three of them and leaving out 2020 to 2022, or the course’s main series where it has no summer one. A grade it gives would have been enough in each of them. The line under the grade names the series it counted.

In the app you log a paper in one line, or question by question where asterisk has its questions, and each grade comes from these same boundaries. Open the app.

Not here

CCEA, AS level, IB and AP: the app holds no grade boundaries for them, so they are not offered.

Where these numbers come from

Boards publish their grade boundaries after each series, and that is all this page holds: each grade’s boundary mark and what the subject or paper is out of, as the board printed them. The papers stay on the boards’ own sites; nothing here reproduces a question or a mark scheme.